Author: Melvin Marvin Tumin Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400876842 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 316
Book Description
An important contribution to our cumulative knowledge of castes, based on a case study of the pueblo of San Luis Jilotepeque, about ninety miles from Guatemala City in Central America. "Much of the fascination of the book derives from the intrinsic interest of the material itself its exotic locale, and its broader significance for other parts of Latin America."—The Annals. Originally published in 1952. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author: Susan Bayly Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521798426 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 448
Book Description
The phenomenon of caste has probably aroused more controversy than any other aspect of Indian life and thought. Susan Bayly's cogent and sophisticated analysis explores the emergence of the ideas, experiences and practices which gave rise to the so-called 'caste society' from the pre-colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. Using an historical and anthropological approach, she frames her analysis within the context of India's dynamic economic and social order, interpreting caste not as an essence of Indian culture and civilization, but rather as a contingent and variable response to the changes that occurred in the subcontinent's political landscape through the colonial conquest. The idea of caste in relation to Western and Indian 'orientalist' thought is also explored.
Author: Miriam Sharma Publisher: ISBN: Category : India Languages : en Pages : 48
Book Description
Research paper on the impact of technological change on rural women' s economic role in agricultural production in North India - based on a field study of one village, looks at the role of social class and caste in the sexual division of labour; examines nature of the household, marriage patterns, homemaker activities, women's access to resources and agricultural income, gender relations, etc. References, statistical tables.
Author: Robert Redfield Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226706702 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
This volume combines two classic works of anthropology. The Little Community draws on the author's own notable studies of the villages of Tepoztlan and Chan Kom to explore the means by which scientists try to understand human communities. It contains, wrote Margaret Mead, "the essence of Robert Redfield's multifaceted contributions to the place of community studies in social science." Peasant Society and Culture outlines a speculative foundation for the emergence of anthropology from the study of isolated primitive tribes.
Author: Melvin Marvin Tumin
Author: Brenda E. F. Beck
Author: Melvin Marvin Tumin
Author: Susan Bayly
Author: Jack M. Potter
Author: Melvin Tumin
Author: Ashwani Kumar
Author: Miriam Sharma
Author: Robert Redfield
Author: Ester Boserup